Akaza in Project Slayers 2
Akaza is the Upper Moon 3 demon and the wielder of the S-tier ShockwaveBlood Demon Art — called Destructive Death— in Project Slayers 2. On the Demon path he is the user of one of the most aggressive martial-arts kits in the released roster. This page covers what is verified about his art and how Demons obtain it, alongside the community-sourced location reports and the fields they leave open.
Destructive Death (Shockwave): Reported Move List
Akaza's Blood Demon Art is the martial-arts Shockwave kit, listed at S tier in the early-access and developer-preview roster. Its identity is melee pressure backed by a tracking opener and a counter, and the released move list names four forms.
The signature. It automatically locks onto incoming hostiles and enhances dodge frames, so the kit rewards an aggressive, evasive playstyle rather than standing and trading.
A ranged-pressure variant that lets the user keep distance while still applying the art's shockwave output.
A disruption form built around breaking the opponent's rhythm — the kind of mix-up that makes the kit hard to read in PvP.
The high-commitment finisher, leaning into the kit's melee-burst identity for a closing blow.
Three independent rankings published within a day of release place Shockwave in the same top band, describing it as melee pressure plus ranged openers, a teleport chase and a counter — and noting it pairs with the Soyama clan for a double counter. That consensus is community-sourced, so read it as a strong pre-patch signal rather than a developer table.
Shockwave Art Showcase — What Each Move Does
A community showcase that performs all four Shockwave forms back to back. The descriptions below are drawn from the video's English captions and illustrate the mechanics; they are a player's demonstration, not a developer spec, so read them as confirmation of the kit's shape rather than exact numbers.
![[RELEASE DATE] Slayers 2 | Shockwave Blood Demon Art Showcase](/images/yt/Z_z93jNSjm4.webp)
The showcase stomps the ground to plant the needle; if the user is hit during the counter window, they teleport in front of the attacker and launch them with a crown-splitter. That is the “defence becomes offence” identity the roster consensus describes.
A back-flip into the air fires a long-range shockwave; if it connects, the user teleports to the target and follows up with a strike barrage — the kit's chase tool that keeps distance while still applying pressure.
Tapping the input unleashes a fast kick flurry; holding it charges the skill before a dashing version that ends in the same barrage. The tap-vs-hold split is what makes the form hard to read.
A forward lunge fires two palm shockwaves; on connect a final blast knocks the target away. At close range the surrounding aura triggers the move's cinematic — the high-commitment closing blow of the kit.
Ouw Productions (community showcase, English subtitles). The captions also surface an AoE variant (“Chaotic Afterglow”) that only becomes available after using Compass Needle first — listed here as a demonstrated variant, not a fifth core move. Move names on this site follow the released-roster English labels; the video's auto-captions use slightly different wording for the same forms.
How Demons Obtain Shockwave
Shockwave (Destructive Death) is a Demon-pathBlood Demon Art. You reach it by taking the Demon route — at character creation or later through Muzan's quest line— and then rolling or earning the art. It is the reward for committing to that kit, not a drop from duelling Akaza as a separate boss, so build planning should start from the Demon path rather than from a boss hunt.
Because the art is S tier, the practical question for most players is whether to chase it before the first balance patch. The community is split only on the art that gates an extra weapon (Blood Manipulation); Shockwave is consistently placed in the top band, which is why it is the safer first Demon art to build around.
Akaza in Action — Community Gameplay
A community playthrough of running Akaza on the Demon path, useful for seeing how the Shockwave kit's Compass Needle counter-pressure actually plays out in PvP and boss pressure. Treat it as a player perspective, not a developer source — the verified kit facts on this page come from the released roster, not from the video.
Yalio (community gameplay, ~33 min). English subtitles are available, but this is an entertainment-style playthrough, so no gameplay data is extracted from it — it is embedded for demonstration only.
Fighting As and Around Akaza's Kit
As an Upper Moon, Akaza's framing in the source material is a bare-handed martial artist who refuses the sword — and the Project Slayers 2 kit honours that, with Compass Needle turning defence into counter-pressure. Against it, the standard Demon counters apply: wisteria and sunlight cripple Demons, and a Slayer who holds their nichirin ultimate through the counter window punishes the kit's aggression. The detailed boss-phase data for an in-game Akaza encounter is not something this site has published, so confirm specific spawns in the live client.
Upper Moon rank and the martial-arts identity are presented here as Demon-side lore context; the only PS2-verified facts on this page are the released-roster S-tier placement and the four named moves of the Shockwave art.
Where the Location Reports Still Leave Gaps
A community wiki dated September 28, 2026 places Akaza on the Windy Peak cliffs behind a concealed wall, and other boss-route guides list Windy Peak as the starter region. Those coordinates are community-sourced rather than developer-published, so treat the exact entrance as a field to confirm in the live client. Reports also disagree on rewards: some say he drops the Annihilation Type move, while the released-roster notes treat Shockwave as a Demon-path roll. Damage numbers, cooldowns and the post-launch art list remain patch-sensitive, so recheck kit placement after each balance pass.
Where Shockwave Sits in the Demon Meta
The release-day Blood Demon Art ranking that discusses Shockwave and the other top demon arts. Watch the part where the creator argues placement from stun, burst-on-stun and range rather than from raw numbers.
Ishiken (September 18, 2026), transcribed from the video captions. No damage or cooldown figure for a specific art is reproduced here; the art roster on the Blood Demon Arts page remains the one taken from the official showcases.
Akaza & Shockwave FAQ
Community boss guides place him on the Windy Peak cliffs behind a concealed wall (project-slayers-2.wiki, September 28, 2026; RottenWiFi, October 5, 2026, calls it an illusory wall): leave the marked path, follow the rock face and push into the section that looks out of place. A movement ability such as Wall Climb makes the approach shorter. Other boss-route guides list Windy Peak as the starter region but do not name an entrance, so treat the exact wall as community-reported (project-slayers-2.wiki, September 28, 2026) and confirm it in the live client. The world map guidecovers the surrounding regions.
Akaza is the Upper Moon 3 demon and the wielder of the S-tier Shockwave (Destructive Death) Blood Demon Art. On the Demon path he is the user of one of the strongest martial-arts kits in the released roster.
The released roster lists four: Compass Needle, Air Type, Disorder and Annihilation Type. Compass Needle auto-locks onto incoming hostiles and enhances dodge frames.
It is a Demon-path Blood Demon Art obtained by rolling or earning a Demon art on the Demon route, not by fighting Akaza as a separate boss.
Community guides place him at the Windy Peak cliffs behind a concealed wall; other boss-route guides confirm Windy Peak as a late region without naming an entrance. Confirm the wall in the live client and expect more than one attempt.
Post-launch rankings note Shockwave pairs with the Soyama clan for a double counter. That is a community observation rather than a developer-published bonus.